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S A L E S C A T A L O G U E
2 0 1 6

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S A L E S C A T A L O G U E 2 0 1 6
N E W R E L E A S E S
H A T C H E T H O U R
HAPPINESS IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
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Thriller
Completed
2016
English (1% Zulu)
Worldwide except Africa
A fiery and ball-busting lawyer Belle, mistakenly
believes her gardener Amos to be an assailant, and
shoots him dead. Belle decides not to report the
accident and take her chances in the legal system. She
assumes that her brilliant career, as well as that of her
legendary lawyer father, will be ruined if the courts find
against her and charge her with manslaughter. She
must get rid of the body and all evidence of the crime.
She turns to her best friend Jade to help her destroy
Amos’ body. They heave dead Amos into Belle’s car
and drive up to a safari park hoping to dump the body
in the territory of scavengers and predators who will
eat the carcass including the bullets that could convict
her. Jade tries to persuade Belle to reconsider this
reckless course of action. But Belle in order to control
her life must exert control over the lives of others. Jade
is slowly awakened to the full horror of this act but their
actions have already set in motion a destructive chain
of events that spiral out of control.
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Romantic Comedy
Completed
2016
English
Perfectionist Nandi seems to have the New
South African Dream life within her grasp,
black female partner in a major firm, marriage,
the perfect house - but it all goes up in flames
a few months before the wedding. With her
friends Zaza and Princess, Nandi will have to
find out what truly makes her happy and then
fight to get it.

I N P O S T P R O D U C T I O N
P O P , L O C K ' N R O L L
M R S . R I G H T G U Y
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Dance, Drama, Romance
Post Production
2016
English
Raps is an ambitious street style, hip hop
dancer from a poor neighbourhood who
believes that money is everything. He gets
a lucky break and rises as a professional
entertainer, but when he falls in love with the
beautiful Brazilian wife of the gangster-come-
producer who’s making his career, he’ll have
to risk career and life to find true happiness.
Romantic Comedy
Post Production
2016
80% English and 20% Zulu
Gugu Hlatshwayo is left broke on an
island paradise – utterly humiliated on her
honeymoon,after her husband bonks her and
disappears.
And now, fiercely chaste, in debt, and focused
on career success, Gugu has sworn of men
and love, after all – all men are all the same.
She is focused on conquering Joburg, climbing
that corporate ladder, and making something
of herself, ploughing through the world with
her iron-clad heart until...once again she finds
herself at a crossroads when fate introduces
her to two delicious men– Dumile and Joe.
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F I C T I O N T I T L E S
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H A R D T O G E T
B E T W E E N F R I E N D S
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94
Action Romance
Completed
2014
Zulu
Hard to Get begins in a crowded bar where
handsome gigolo TK (Pallance Dladla) works.
Skiets (Thishiwe Ziqubu) a strong beautiful out
of town petty criminal catches his eye. TK wins
her heart but he must undertake one mission
which will lead him into the Johannesburg
underworld and which will threaten all he has
lived and fought for.
93
Comedy Drama
Completed
2014
English and Zulu
After 7 years, a group of university friends
reunite at an upmarket Game Lodge in KZN.
Long buried secrets, shared by old friends, are
eventually exposed, causing tension to arise
in current relationships.

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F A A N S E T R E I N
D I E S P O O K V A N U N I O N D A L E
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Drama
Completed
2014
Afrikaans
A story about a simple minded man living in
a tiny rural community and his love of trains.
The town is divided about Faan. Some feel
threatened by him. Others feel he is harmless.
Things come to a head when Faan’s aged
father, Frik, is awarded the contract to build the
town dam only to fall terminally ill before the
work is completed. Beatrice, the Doctor’s wife,
overcome by desire for Faan’s inheritance,
sets out sets out on a scheme that nearly
results in the loss of her life at the hands of
Faan.
101
Ghost Love Story/Family
Completed
2014
Afrikaans
The road to Uniondale is forever haunted.
Every Easter weekend, she appears to passers
by looking for a ride into town. She becomes
known as the hitchhiking ghost, The Ghost of
Uniondale. However sad, the film tells a light-
hearted version of the story and introduces
more ghosts who will lift the spirit of the
audience through their satirical view on life.

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G H E T T O G O B L I N
T E E N A G E G A M E S
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Action/Comedy
Completed
2012
English and Zulu
Gog’Helen lives a forgotten life in a shantytown until she and her
granddaughter, Agnes, become sucked into a life-and-death race. In a
gesture of goodwill, the unsuspecting Agnes buys granny a new mattress
but also throws away the old one without Gogo’s knowledge. What Agnes
doesn’t know is that inside the mattress is her grandmother’s life savings!
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Horror
Completed
2013
English and Zulu
Worldwide
Strange attacks plague the township’s women, leaving the town leaders at
a loss to defend them. At the same time Mthnuzi, a shrewd businessman,
is becoming wealthier and more popular with the ladies - something is
amiss. The local reverend, Simon Nkosi, learns that Mthunzi is controlling
a Tokoloshe to fulfill his greedy desires.
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Drama
Completed
2013
English and Zulu
Worldwide except Africa pay TV
Paul, a young intelligent boy from Limpopo had everything it took to
become an outstanding personality but ruined it all by indulging in secret
activities strictly meant for adults.
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INDEMNITY
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Psychological Thriller
In Development
Travis Taute
Theo Abrams is an ex-Cape Town fireman suffering
from severe Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Unable to return to work due to psychological trauma
sustained during a failed rescue mission. Theo’s
world is rocked when one morning he wakes up next
to his wife’s murdered body. He has no recollection
of what transpired and all evidence suggests that
he’s killed her. When the police label him as the
prime suspect, Theo goes on the run, and is soon
being hunted by Deputy Chief of Police Alan Shard, a
notoriously ruthless cop, hell bent on catching Theo
as one last act of service before he officially retires.
However, when an unknown third party is thrown
into the mix, Theo discovers an alarming connection
between the sinister forces hunting him and a recent
investigation his journalist wife was conducting into
a corrupt syndicate of government illuminati. When
connecting the dots becomes a matter of life and
death, Theo becomes embroiled in a desperate fight
for survival and must figure out who really murdered
his wife before a terrifying conspiracy changes the
course of a nation forever.
A Supernatural Thriller / Horror
In Development
Jerome Pukwane
Busi, a young destitute woman crippled by
dangerously suppressed emotions, lands a job
as a cleaner at a rundown hospital in the heart
of Johannesburg. Desperate to gain some
control over her life and come to terms with the
circumstances that led to her sister’s suicide,
she tries to make do under the predatory and
corrupt hospital foreman.
When Busi realises a little girl in the hospital,
seemingly plagued by a supernatural force,
is in the same danger she found herself in,
Busi must resolve to overcome her own inner
demons, to save the child from the abusive
monster, real or imagined, that plagues her.
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T E N 1 0 F I L M S C A T A L O G U E
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A Y A N D A
R E D L E A V E S
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106
Romantic Drama
Completed
2015
English
Worldwide excluding USA, Africa, France
(+DRCP territories)
In a vibrant and diverse Johannesburg
community, 21-year-old Afro-hipster Ayanda
has a knack for taking neglected pieces of
furniture and “bringing them back to love”.
Eight years after her father’s death, she
is determined to revive his prized garage
business, which is in deep debt and in
danger of being sold. The film crackles with
infectious energy and style, capturing a vividly
contemporary view of South Africa. Inspired by
the possibilities of a modern African aesthetic,
AYANDA explores the core theme of how we let
go of the things and people we love.
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Drama
Completed
2014
Amharic and Hebrew
Worldwide excluding USA
Meseganio Tadela, 74, is a hard, obstinate
patriarch. He immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia
28 years ago with his family. He has chosen to
zealously retain his culture, talks very little,
and hardly speaks Hebrew. After losing his
wife, Meseganio sets out on a journey that
leads him through his children’s homes. He
comes to realize that he belongs to a rapidly
disappearing class that believes in retaining
Ethiopian culture. The harsh reality hits him in
the face. Having come to know some of life’s
new realities, he tries to survive according to
his own ways.

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M U M D A D M E E T S A M
S A F E B E T
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Romantic Comedy
Completed
2015
English
Worldwide excluding Africa
Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Boy introduces
girl to family...sparks fly. Girl leaves boy...Now
what?!
91
Comedy
Completed
2015
English and Zulu
Worldwide excluding Africa, France (+DRCP
territories)
Frank’s life is about to change. As an honest
bookkeeper, and like most honest men, he’s
not making much money from his salary. There
is always more month at the end of the money
and the bills are relentless. Frank has seen his
boss prosper while he is caught up in his dull
and dreary life, however, an opportunity
presents itself when his lifelong friend, Khaya,
approaches him with a sure bet.

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F U T U R E S O U N D S O F M S A N Z I
L A S T S A F A R I
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3 x 48
Documentary
Completed
2015
English and Zulu
‘Future Sound of Mzansi’ is a documentary
series, which aims to explore, express, and
interrogate South Africa’s cultural landscape.
A chief vehicle of this exploration is electronic
music, a staple of South African popular
culture.
The film explores the past, present and future
of the scene and its multiple sub-genres,
presented through the eyes of internationally
acclaimed artist Spoek Mathambo
75
Documentary
Completed
2013
English and Swahili
International photojournalist Elizabeth L Gilbert
sets out on a journey through remote Africa to
present slide shows to tribal audiences whom
she documented in her books a decade earlier.
Many have never seen photos of themselves
before, let alone a projection on a silver
screen.
The Last Safari documents three parallel
stories - The personal journey of Liz Gilbert
as she sets out to discover what is left of
traditional Africa; the young African crew
members who accompany her, most of whom
have never been outside Kenya’s capital city
of Nairobi; and the individual stories of
some of the tribal people Gilbert photographed
as they reflect on how they see themselves
and the rapidly changing world around them.

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Drama
Completed
2009
Amharic and English
Worldwide
The story of an Ethiopian woman’s plight in South Africa as
she struggles to earn enough money to support and return to
her children in Ethiopia.
60
Black Comedy / Drama
Completed
2009
English and Zulu
Worldwide
Three friends; Thebe, Max and and Gift device a very
unnecessary plan to sell cocaine at Friday night’s pimps and
hoes party. But between getting high on their own supply, giving
freebies to the ladies and general debauchery, their cunning
plan goes up their noses and into insanity. How will they pay
back Shaka the money they owe him for the drugs by morning?
60
Comedy Drama
Comleted
2009
English and Zulu
Worldwide
“The List” is the story of Lesego Thambo, an over-achieving,
cheese-boy, who’s just turned twenty-five and already ticked
everything off his list of life goals. This is his quarter life crisis.

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MAYENZEKE BAZA
Head of Acquisitions
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Head of Sales
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